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PM jokes and laments at strict regulations by EC on campaigning

Published on 14 May 2019 4:32:08 PM

After chairing a meeting on anti-corruption action plans on Tuesday, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad told reporters that the restrictions imposed by the Election Commission (EC) on ministers including himself during election campaign had to be relooked into.

He cited examples where he had to charter his own transportation and use his personal vehicles to get to the venue of campaigning.

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